good afternoon. i'm dina bair. and i'm cortney hall in for steve sanders. we welcome our viewers who are watching us around the country on wgn america and on the web. fire basically broke out at a high-rise condo building. the fire started in the seventh floor. but the flames under control within 30 minutes. several patients are being checked out for smoke

inhalation. know that one person has been transported to the hospital in good condition. it is being used as a warning area for the building residents. a van pulled up. someone inside of the man opened fire. a woman inside the vehicle was killed while i passenger escaped unharmed. >> some preliminary information that appears that this incident stems from drugs and gang activity. >> up to 14 shots were fired. if you have any information you're asked to call state police. a convicted murderer is on the loose after a simple record- keeping makes up allowed him to walk out of the county jail.

>> this is where the convicted murderers are allowed to walk away to freedom wednesday night. the tips are coming in. authorities have yet to recapture him. the dangerous mistake as the sheriff's opening a current meeting to figure of a drop the ball and where. is supposed to be serving 60 years with no eligibility for parole. >> after those were trapped on wednesday he was brought back over to the jail where the paper work mixup occurred the file did not indicate that he was to remain in custody. he was released to walk right out of the main entrance. prison officials were expecting his

return. >> i can not tell you why he was released. a sheriff's department admits the jails filing system is antiquated and not fully computerized. updating the system has been a goal. the immediate goal for a number of agencies now is the recapture of robins. he has a distinctive tattoos on his neck that says nicole. he hasn't known ties here in chicago as well as the indianapolis area. he is considered dangerous and you're not to approach him. anybody with information about his whereabouts is urged to call 911. a ridge continues to grow over the death. the reward to

find his killer is increased to $30,000. community leaders held a fund-raiser in the south will. police say the gunman may have mistaken the group for a rival gang received a lot of support within the last few days. funeral arrangements are pending. a suicide bomber blew himself up outside the american embassy in turkey. it happened in the capital of ankara at a check point on the perimeter of the embassy. according to the state department. c-n-n reports that one turkish security guard was killed, and two others were wounded. americans were not injured. the state department is working with turkish national police to assess the damage. no groups have claimed responsibility.

but turkish authorities say the bomber is well known to them as a turkish man who was known to have participated in terror attacks. new yorkers are mourning the loss of one of their most colorful politicians. former mayor, ed koch has died of congestive heart failure. in recent months, koch had been battling health issues. he was moved to intensive care yesterday, as his condition worsened. koch served as mayor of new york from 19-78 to 19-89. a few years ago, the city's queensboro bridge was renamed in his honor. ed koch was 88 years old. the dow broke an important barrier today. reaching above 14-thousand for the first time in five years. experts say investors are optimistic about the first jobs report of the new years. it was a mixed bag. the country added 157-thousand jobs last month, which was lower than expected. and the unemployment rate rose from 7-point-8 to 7-point-9 percent. but at the same time, investors learned revisions in original reports show that there were more jobs in 20-12 than previously reported. the dow continues to fluctuate after hitting 14-thousand. the debt ceiling bill is now before the president after the senate passed a short-term debt limit suspension.the president

is expected to sign it. what that means is the country will pay its bills and not default on its obligations thru may 18th. there's a catch to the bill. lawmakers have to pass a budget by april 15th or they won't get paid. since 2001, congress has raised the debt ceiling eleven times. the bill will increase the nation's 16-point-4 trillion dollar debt limit by about 450 billion dollars. coming up next the latest in alabma where a child hostage situation enters its fourth day. plus a student is in custody after opening fire inside a middle school in atlanta. and another cabinet member in president obama's administration announces his resignation.

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we're learning more about the alleged gunman who continues to hold a young boy hostage in an underground bunker in alabama. locals describe 65-year-old jimmy lee dykes as a mean and reclusive man who worried about being abducted by aliens. on tuesday, dykes allegedly pulled the 5-year-old boy off his school bus after shooting and killing the driver. dykes has been holding him hostage in an underground bunker in his backyard. through a 60-foot pipe, dykes has allowed police to send down coloring books and prescription medicine the little boy needs for asperger's syndrome and a-d- h-d. police in atlanta have a middle

school student in custody who is accused of shooting a classmate at school. swat teams stormed the price middle school after shots were fired. a 14-year-old boy was hit in the back of the neck, but his injuries were not serious. also a teacher suffered some cuts and bruises. the school was locked down and 500 students were ordered not to leave. the lockdown was lifted after police arrested the suspect. they still don't know the motive for yesterday's shooting. authorities in texas are looking for two people, after a prosecutor was murdered. >> has risen to 32. more than 100 error injured. the explosion was in the basement. mexican the oil says it is too early to speculate on the cause. last september they had an explosion near the texas border that killed 26 people. today marks the ten year anniversary of the space shuttle columbia disaster. nasa held a special ceremony honoring the columbia crew.columbia disintegrated upon re-entry in 2003. it happened after a piece of insulating foam around the fuel tank broke off during the shuttle's launch. all seven astronauts on board

were killed. in today's ceremony, nasa also honored the crews from two other deadly missions - challenger and apollo. north korea is trying to hide its progress as it gets ready to conduct a nuclear test. officials say the north is digging more tunnels at its main, nuclear test site. they also say the communist country is covering one of the today marks secretary of state hillary clinton's last day on the job. in addition to being secretary of state clinton is a former first lady, she was a senator and presidential candidate. she has logged nearly one million miles in the air since joining the state department four years ago. earlier this week, she told cnn, she is looking forward to sleeping in and getting some next we're checking in at the new york stock exchange after this morning's jump in the dow. and, still to come this midday: the startling discrepancy in pay between male and female doctors.

and later in lunchbreak, we're making a bite-size hors d'oeuvre that's perfect for parties: meatloaf poppers.

jobs report came out today and the labor department said 150,000 jobs were created. wall street got all excited after tax records showed that a close out 2012 with more jobs being created than expected within the last few months of the year. certainly a positive sign for the economy. we're still above that mark. just 200 points away

from an all-time high. we will be watching this market very closely. the s&p closing out its best january since 1997. if you're a woman chances are the guy sitting next year is getting paid more than you are. men out earned women in all 21 professions that bloomberg looked at for 2007. a man earning 62% more than their female counterparts as doctors. men may outturn women but we will know how to spend it. a lot of women know this brand. mary kay cosmetics. they're celebrating their golden anniversary. the cosmetics company revamping their website. this mobile shopping is your thing mary kay plans to debut a mobile version of the web site.

thanks teal. still to come this midday. the medicine in your cabinet that's being recalled. but first, country star brett eldredge is here. he's talking with dina right now hey dina! we are so happy that you're here. i listened to the new single. women have to love this. this idea that we can do something to lasso your heart. >> you are all so very good at it too. we love that. you also read about serious topics. he read about a woman suffering with alzheimer's disease. >> wrote about my grandmother. i rode it to cope with that situation and tried to find ways to help with raise awareness for

alzheimer's news >> it can be so uplifting and subtherapeutic for people. a lot of stories about life. i love writing about personal situations about where i grew up or maybe a harper. the new single. >>you are playing at joe's bar tonight. >> [music] [music]

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tomorrow marks the fifth anniversary of the lane bryant murders in the far south suburbs. five women were shot and killed, inside this store in tinley park, in 2008. one woman survived. the store was closed down and never re-opened. some of the victims' relatives plan to go there tomorrow to hold a vigil. the space is now under renovation for a new business no one has been arrested. police are still looking for a suspect. theres a 100-thousand dollar reward for information leading to his arrest. another alleged victim of chicago police torture wants former mayor richard daley to answer questions under oath. ronald kitchen was exonerated in 2009, after spending 21 years in prison for murder. his attorneys say officers under former police commander jon burge, tortured him into confessing. they filed a motion to a federal judge to force daley to give a deposition, since he was the prosecutor at the time.

attorneys for other alleged burge victims have sought to make daley sit down for a deposition, but the lawsuits were settled before daley had to testify. another alleged victim of chicago police torture wants former mayor richard daley to answer questions under oath. ronald kitchen was exonerated in 2009, after spending 21 years in prison for murder. his attorneys say officers under former police commander jon burge, tortured him into confessing. they filed a motion to a federal judge to force daley to give a deposition, since he was the prosecutor at the time. attorneys for other alleged burge victims have sought to make daley sit down for a deposition, but the lawsuits were settled before daley had to testify. the special prosecutor pursuing the manslaughter case against richard daley's nephew, has agreed to work for free. dan webb will press for the conviction of richard vanecko, in connection with a street fight in 2004 that killed david koschman outside a division street night club. vanecko is charged with involuntary manslaughter for throwing the punch that killed koschman. with webb working pro-bono taxpayers will have to pay court expenses for the trial. a massive fire at an egg processing plant puts three hundred people out of work. the "echo lake farms produce company" went up in flames on wednesday night. more than 300 firefighters raced to the scene, and it took them 18 hours to get the blaze under control. no one was hurt. the cause is under investigation. the company is meeting with workers next week to explain benefits available to them. still to come this midday. tom skilling has your full forecast!

a fire at a high-rise condo building downtown. i understand that somebody shot home video of the fire. he's always happening. i guess he is right there when the fire was starting. he took out his cellphone. a large part of this area whale here. still blocked off. we're going to show you some of that. the 200 block of east ontario. this is a 27

story building. >> firefighters were able to get this situation. >> one person was taken to northwestern memorial hospital. i'm told that person was not seriously injured. this fire broke out at approximately 11. this building also houses the japan restaurant. >> eventually you saw one

firefighter going in there. the flames breaking all the windows out. the smoke turned from black to white. it is fantastic. it is unbelievable. >> a fire broke out at a 27 story building in the 200 block of east ontario. it appears the fire started on the seventh floor. one person taken to northwestern memorial hospital. i'm told by one of the firefighters, it appears one of thethey are going to be ok. the garage in the building is being used as an area for residents to stay. checking all of the hallways to make sure that everything is ok. we are here

downtown. >> a lot of people use various creative ways. can you imagine being a firefighter? >> i suppose just coming from their facial hair. it is just incredible. there's a little moderation on the temperature. you folks watching us and lower michigan know all about this. we have some numbers on that as well. look at the beautiful clear skies. this in just a touch of snow cover allow temperatures to drop to 0 last night. you can see the situation right here. we have snow

developing upstream. this is snow on the ground. it came down a couple of days ago. you can see the edge of the snowpack mainly an hour northwest suburb. these little icons each represent a weather station reporting accumulating snow. a couple of icons as this now develops out of the west. central bottomed out at 9 below. at this hour we of when shows or the air temperature is - 1. in all areas the wind chills are pretty nippy out there to say the least. here are some other temperatures across the area.

the view from crystal lake. a little snow on the ground. up in wisconsin in the wake of a big snowstorm pretty snowy and wintery looking right there. we'll have 45 consecutive hours below zero. we are in our 28 of this cold spell. started at 8:00 a.m. this morning there runs to 5:00 tomorrow morning. rising temperatures will finally propel when shows up above the zero degree mark. also coming in some snow. the coldest february open in about 17 years. you can see the lake snow advisory's. nine degrees colder than it was 24 hours ago. this is running up

over the cold air and sets up the snow system that comes in tonight. it will run right down this country. only a couple of hundred miles to the east. the focal point for snow development. we'll talk some more about that in the second. powerful wind gusts over 20 mi. per hour. it feels like 11 below. west winds at 16 and the dew point - 2. this is clearly our ticket air with little moisture in the air. the coldest air is going to lift out a little bit. it will not warm up a great deal. enough to allow it weather system over the next couple of days to run southeastward. here's our snow

system. the systems will come out the pacific. there is a close-up of the raid are showing this note to the west. there's a light snow falling in parts of lower michigan. look at some of the numbers there and from lower michigan. he has had a pretty good load of snow as well. the snow coming in here will be the biggest single snow event of the winter. we can flush them out a little bit for you. no snow here except over across the lake. here comes the snow in here by

midnight tonight. you can see the low pressure developing right there. speaking southeast word and producing that snow area. look at the numbers on that. in house models and 4-5 in. could come down from that system. we sit right in the heart of that global snow. this comes in the wake of january. a little over 2.5 in. of snow. what is interesting about january is it was also the sunniest january and almost 11

years around here. i guess you lose on one front and gain on the other one. more sunshine today but the stinging wind continues. a high of 14 on the thermometer. west northwest winds at 12-25. one-2 in. by morning. temperatures will be in a rising note. we will rise to the low teens tomorrow morning. tomorrow's now becomes more occasional. 2-4 in. may accumulate here. a high of 25. the wind shift north northwest. there'll be some additional light snow tomorrow night and flurries to start the day sunday. we will reinforce the chilly little bit on sunday. another small system comes in on monday. that wants this to the

twenties. we break into the '30's tuesday wednesday and thursday next week. >> this is a month that warms up and we pick up 70 minutes of daylight. >> it starts eating away at the intense cold of winter. time for today's trivia. who came up wiú@

he says he is innocent and claims the woman is blackmailing him for money. he is a counter lawsuit going. they're investigating, no formal charges have been given. his >> second arrest led to the four month sentence starting on the 10th. he pled guilty yesterday to felony endangerment and misdemeanor d.u.i he lost his job as the diamondbacks tv analyst. the ravens take on the niners in super bowl 47 this weekend but

bears recevier brandon marshall was back in town to deliver school supplies to bradwell elemerntary school. he's on crutches while recovering from hip surgery, and he says he'll be fine in a few weeks. during the off season, marshall plans to train and mentor second- year receiver alshon jeffrey. marshall also gave new bears head coach marc trestman an endorsement. he called trestman innovative and he has the ability to bring a whole room together. that's a look at sports. your live illinois lottery drawing is next your midday winning lottery numbers. wishing you the best of luck.

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on the medical watch. a new way to treat diabetics who are

taking insulin. right now people with type 2 diabetes taking insulin are sometimes told to wait before eating. but a new study from germany says that's not necessary. it looked at a group of nearly 100 diabetics and found blood sugar levels remained steady regardless of whether or not participants took a 20 or 30 minute break from eating a meal. there's a warning don't assume the research applys to people with type one diabetes. recalled more than 200 units. the safety commission says the cap can still be removed by a child even with a tamper resistant steel in place. for children accidentally ingested the medication. the manufacturer says the last batch of products in question was distributed more than a year ago. lunchbreak is next. a perfect snack for superbowl sunday we're making meatloaf poppers.

and make it in a way that is perfect for a party. tell us what you're doing here. they come in all sorts of varieties. today we're actually going to show you how to make the traditional.

>>what do tyouyou have in that bowl? >> i like the combination of the three metas ats. >>butter crackers which is really nice. a little bit of egg. then this really adds a lot of texture. red and green onions. and celery. a little bit of peppers as well. then we have some herbs. >>a little bit of ketchup and

mustard. >> a nice tang. >> alittle bit of milke. >>that is the beauty of this meatloaf. a lot of nice options. >>this is the nice messy part. squish it together. you do not want to over stuff it. >>does anyone really taste this and say this is over mixed? >> they do not do that. >>for the loafer pops, i would roll them in a little ball. >> bake for 15-20 minutes. then we top them. which is my

favorite part. >>you are hired. i like mine with lots potatoes. >>perfect superbowl treats. a lot of people think meatloaf is so plain. >>these look really cute. >> we have one that takes awaytastes like buffalo wings. take a little bit of cheese and sprinkle it on top.

>> the cheeses kind of just like a sprinkel. we have some that are already ready for you to try. this is great. >>just pop them in your mouth. really good party food. >> speaking of the different flavors, you have some over here. you've mentioned it a little bit before. >> we do have an alaskan salmon. this is really yummy. it tastes like buffalo wings. you can dip if you like. let me wrap things up. but all of these recipes are in your book. the meat loaf bakery cookbook.

>> then the local bakery is at 2464 north clark street chicago. >> for today's recipe or to watch the entire segment all over again log on to wg

time now for the answer to today's trivia question. we asked who came up with the term super bowl? a. vince lombardi b. max mcgee c. lamar hunt the answer: c. lamar hunt. the american football league founder was playing with his daughter's "super ball" when he came up with the name for the game between the a-f-l and the n-f-l. >>a good sunday to watch. kind of cold outside. can sit inside and watch warm. it looked delicious, that meatloaf popper. over a foot of snow in some locations. that is snow for chicago and it arrives tonight.

do not get frightened. this one could lay down like 2-4 inches. it is kind of an interesting system. another wave comes through tomorrow night. another one monday and tuesday. a closer look at how the snow moves out of the dakotas. we are going to have to shovel snow out of this thing. the heavier amounts across the lake. pretty good accumulations. all the way from north dakota through minnesota. some pretty good

snow. temperatures in the single digits to low teens. dropping back to the single digits tonight. unnoticed by morning we rise to 14. again by morning we break above zero for the first time in 45 hours. snow tomorrow, the best estimate is 2-4 in.. >> we look at some statistics and it said the slows starting winters turn worse. we will not catch up with the normal numbers but we will have more frequent snow.

>> have a great weekend. >> thank you so much for joining us today. i hope you have a great afternoon. let's listen to some country music from brett elridge. >> [music]